Happy little sock Snowlady

For Pink Saturday, I am showing you little snowlady that I made a few years ago out

of a tube sock. I'm glad I kept one!!

Please join other Pink Saturday gals at Beverly's How Sweet the Sound

Look, I Love Rust!

On a resent trip to a local antique mall Treasures and Junk, I fell in love with rust all over again

Love old Tonka trucks.

And the old pumps, I'm so glad they didn't end up in a city dump

I cant resist old glass jars..$1 each, no tax, yes, I bought a few.

Please visit more L's for Alphabe-Thursday

with Mrs. Matlock, our teacher,

My Day Off...

I mentioned earlier that I was a Food Network junkie...did you watch the show with these trucks??? These gals won all the challenges, but the lost in the end. We looked them up on line and found out where they were going to be...traffic was awful, but we struggled through it, and made it!!

We got there a little early, had a nice conversation with the lady you see standing there.

She LOVEs their food and come often, she said to try the handmade lemonade, if they had it...soooo good.

So here you go, we started out with hot delicious cheese filled won tons, cream cheese and jalapeno peppers...so good, we shared one with the gal that we made friends with

My meal...it was tiny, but packed full of flavor, lemongrass chicken with marinated carrots

This was their sandwich. banh mi. Stacey got tofu in hers, 12", we split it. The bread, I've never had anything so good and light, but a crispy top.

The lemonade was something else. It had mint and basil in it. Very light and refreshing.

Well worth our trip. All this for $9.

Oh, I must mention

we ate this outside

it was 88 degrees

warm and balmy

wow

I don't miss it being cold and rainy, or snowy

If you must, scroll back up and take a look at that sunshine

"sigh"

I LOVE So. Calif!!!!

Bobby Flay's MESA GRILL

The highlight of Las Vegas was going to Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill. I'm a food network junkie.


They brought out these yummie breads, the corn muffin had a kick to it, the raisin bread was the best I have ever had.

Then we had to deside what to have...remember...this was a BIG treat that we saved up for.

This is what I ordered, it was warm...not steaming hot like I was afraid of, because of the Habanero Chile. I LOVE Duck and this was the best ever.

Each sauce was so good/

Below is what Stacey ordered....

She was in heaven. Wonderful flavors

Now I want to go back!!!

A little more Calico

Oh this old man was wonderful. Sound asleep. I thought he was a prop, until he moved and I laughed and laughed.
Love this front porch, I even sat in the rocker for a few moments

I added a bit of aqua texture because the sky was washed out.

I love old wood
don't you.

Calico Ghost Town

One of the highlights of our trip to Vegas was stopping off at an old Ghost Town. We were pretty much the only ones there, It was so fun to imagine what it must have been like "back in the day" it was a silver mining town. This little birdie just sat there letting me take photos, I added a little texture to the photo, then cleaned it off the bird.

Makes me thankful we have the cars that we do, what a rough ride this had to have been.

I love how this photo turned out

Love the old chairs they had on the porch

Chuckers

Is this called a flat tire???

Alphabe-Thursday K

Our Teacher, Mrs Matlock has given us the letter K this week.

We took a trip to Vegas, wow, it certainly has changed in 25 years.

It was beautiful. I'm so glad we went. The casinos are spectacular.

We walked and walked...I am soooo sore I can hardly move!

We went to Bobby Flays Mesa Grill. Oh my goodnes...the best

bbq duck!

Back to my letter K, this isn't going to be good, but its all I have right now...

The Knight lights were so Kool

If you want to check out really good "K" posts, go check out

jennymatlock.blogspot.com

Just Popping In

We're off to Las Vegas in the morning, husband is meeting up with some friends he worked with...and Stacey and I , oh dear...we have to do some major sightseeing!! We have a game plan, we want to look inside the fancy casinos during the day...and some night time outdoor photography. Our highlight...we hope...is to have lunch a Bobby Flays restaurant! I'll let you know how it goes, in a couple of days.

Thought I would leave you with a neat photo of Kimberly Crest House we visited in Redlands.

Alphabe-Thursday " J "

Do I, Don't I, Do I, Don't I...I'm a jumbled up mess. I was invited to be a part of the Glitterfest gals next spring. They supply the large table...can I fill a table, can I make enough birdies, can I paint fast enough, will anybody buy my stuff??? You can see what I have made in the past by visiting my flickr...Ugh!!! I need to just jump in and "just do it"! What do you think???

Please visit jennymatlock.blogspot.com for more blogs about "J"

Flip Flops in Winter

Where else can you go at 8:00 in the morning

Sit outside in the warm sunshine,

wearing flip flops

and find out that it is 35 degrees

So. California, Yep, that was me this morning,

decided to have a little "me" time,

stopped in to Panera for a cuppa joe

sat outside in the warm sunshine with a sweater and flip flops,

I refuse to give up my flip flops!

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My husband found a cancerous sore on his shoulder. He had it removed

today, it was about the size of a nickel. His scar is going to be about 8" long.

Sparkly Day in Long Beach

Nothing like a little bunny running in the city
What a view

Sparkly Ocean and Sailboats

View from where we had lunch

Looking through the window where we had lunch

Yes, we found another farmers market.

Fresh Flowers

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Love this bike that they attached to the wall

ART ~ the theater

My purchases of the day....we went to Torrance to a Antique Street Faire

we visited this last year while on vacation. We had NO idea that 6 mo. later we

would be living down here!!! What fun!

Large very round pitcher...do I see a pincushion in the making????

Then there was this vintage cup, the color of my shelves in my bedroom

so adorable

And then there is this old speckled cup

I picked up this doily...Its one of those old plastic ones.

They are hard to find, great for crafting, spritzing painting, or stenceling

Then this little piece of linen.

Hope you enjoyed going on this adventure with me today.